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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-093695
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190401
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190401

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC. /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000818033
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				942875566
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33221
		FILM NUMBER:		19718906

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4242 CAMPUS POINT COURT, SUITE 200
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92121
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8582514400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4242 CAMPUS POINT COURT, SUITE 200
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92121

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AP PHARMA INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010511

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ADVANCED POLYMER SYSTEMS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April&nbsp;1, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Heron Therapeutics, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-33221</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">94-2875566</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">251-4400</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>N/A </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this
chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
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growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SAN DIEGO, Calif. &#150; (PR NEWSWIRE) &#150; April&nbsp;1, 2019 &#150; Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company
focused on improving the lives of patients by developing <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">best-in-class</FONT></FONT> treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced that the
Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for its investigational agent, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011,</FONT> for postoperative pain, was validated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Validation of the MAA confirms that the
submission is complete and starts the EMA&#146;s Centralised Procedure. The EMA granted eligibility to the Centralised Procedure for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> based on it meeting the criteria of a medicinal product constituting
a significant scientific innovation. The Centralised Procedure allows applicants to receive a marketing authorisation that is valid throughout the European Union (EU). With the validation of the MAA, an opinion from the EMA Committee for Medicinal
Products for Human Use (CHMP) would be anticipated in the first half of 2020. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> is the first and only
dual-acting local anesthetic. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011&#146;s</FONT> novel mechanism of action combines bupivacaine with <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">low-dose</FONT> meloxicam to overcome the challenges of the inflammatory
process at the surgical site. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> has significantly reduced severe pain and the need for opioids better than <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">standard-of-care</FONT></FONT>
bupivacaine solution over 72 hours following surgery. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The MAA for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> is supported by data from 7 completed
Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies in more than 1,000 subjects across 5 different surgical models, which are also included in the New Drug Application (NDA) Heron submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> is the only <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-opioid</FONT> pain medication to have been granted Fast Track
designation, Breakthrough Therapy designation and Priority Review designation by the FDA. The FDA set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of April&nbsp;30, 2019 for the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> NDA. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Improved post-operative pain management remains as much an unmet need in Europe as elsewhere,&#148; said Professor Richard Langford, Lead Consultant in
Pain Medicine, The London Clinic and Chief Medical Officer, St Pancras Clinical Research. &#147;Too many patients still report unacceptable levels of pain after surgery and side effects from opioids, resulting in&nbsp;delayed discharge and recovery
and increasing the risk of complications and poorer overall treatment outcomes. Regimens that are easy to use and provide&nbsp;meaningful patient benefit through&nbsp;uninterrupted, effective pain management, particularly in the first few days after
surgery, are required.&nbsp;I believe that <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> shows tremendous promise in postoperative pain management and has the potential to change the treatment paradigm for postoperative pain in European
practice.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We are pleased that our MAA for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> was validated by the EMA,&#148; said Kimberly
Manhard, Executive Vice President, Drug Development of Heron. &#147;We believe that <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> could have a considerable impact&nbsp;on the lives of patients by significantly reducing the proportion of patients
who experience severe pain. We look forward to working closely with the EMA during the review process with the goal of bringing this important product to patients.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011,</FONT> which utilizes Heron&#146;s proprietary Biochronomer<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>
drug delivery technology, is an investigational, long-acting, extended-release formulation of the local anesthetic bupivacaine in a fixed-dose combination with the anti-inflammatory meloxicam for the management of postoperative pain. By delivering
sustained levels of both a potent anesthetic and a local anti-inflammatory agent directly to the site of tissue injury, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> was designed to deliver superior pain relief while reducing the need for
systemically administered pain medications such as opioids, which carry the risk of harmful side effects, abuse and addiction. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> has been shown to reduce pain significantly better than placebo or
bupivacaine solution in five diverse surgical models: hernia repair, abdominoplasty, bunionectomy, total knee arthroplasty and breast augmentation. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> was granted Fast Track designation from the&nbsp;FDA
in the fourth quarter of 2017 and Breakthrough Therapy designation in the second quarter of 2018. Heron submitted an NDA to the&nbsp;FDA&nbsp;for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> in October of 2018 and received Priority Review
designation in December of 2018. The FDA set a PDUFA goal date of April&nbsp;30, 2019. An MAA for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> was validated by the EMA in March 2019 for review under the Centralised Procedure. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Heron Therapeutics, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
is a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">best-in-class</FONT></FONT> treatments to address some of the most important unmet
patient needs. Heron is developing novel, patient-focused solutions that apply its innovative science and technologies to already-approved pharmacological agents for patients suffering from pain or cancer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For more information, visit <U>www.herontx.com</U>. </P>
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&#147;forward-looking statements&#148; as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Heron cautions readers that forward-looking statements are based on management&#146;s expectations and assumptions as of the date of this news
release and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, those associated with: whether the FDA approves the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011</FONT> NDA
as submitted; the timing of the CHMP&#146;s review process for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011;</FONT> whether the EMA authorizes the MAA for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">HTX-011;</FONT> and other risks and uncertainties identified in
the Company&#146;s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements reflect our analysis only on their stated date, and Heron takes no obligation to update or revise these statements except as may be required by
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